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Charles Howell Porter (June 21, 1833 – July 9, 1897) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia. ==Biography== Born in Cairo, New York, Porter completed preparatory studies. He was graduated from the law university at Albany, New York, in 1853. He was admitted to the bar in 1854 and commenced practice in Ashland, New York. He entered the Union Army in 1861 as a member of the First Regiment, New York Mounted Rifles. He settled in Norfolk, Virginia. He served as city attorney for one year. Commonwealth attorney 1863-1867. He moved to Richmond, Virginia, in 1867. He served as member of the constitutional convention of Virginia in 1867 and 1868. Upon the readmission of Virginia to representation was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses and served from January 26, 1870, to March 4, 1873. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1872. He engaged in the practice of law in New York City and Beacon, New York. He died in Cairo, New York, July 9, 1897. He was interred in Cairo Cemetery. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles H. Porter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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